Forum Discussion
Patching
What is the best practice for Patching via config manager? And best practice to manage 3rd party app patching.
There are many ways and depends on complexity and configuration of your environment.
What I would recommend is to deploy updates for small group first and monitor if they are working fine and expand deployment if there is no error.
Check with teams and if they are in production and reaching deadlines, then you might hold patching unless if there is critical one.
It is same for third-party patching, you should be careful of possible conflict and also driver deployment and make sure you have backup policy and be ready in case of failure.
Also, always check release notes before deploying updates.
Make sure deploy Anti-Malware and security updates first .
What I would recommend is to deploy updates for small group first and monitor if they are working fine and expand deployment if there is no error.
Check with teams and if they are in production and reaching deadlines, then you might hold patching unless if there is critical one.
It is same for third-party patching, you should be careful of possible conflict and also driver deployment and make sure you have backup policy and be ready in case of failure.
Also, always check release notes before deploying updates.
Make sure deploy Anti-Malware and security updates first .